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Mark Hoffmann, C.P.M.

Mark Hoffmann, C.P.M.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Procurement Professional / Senior Manager at Lenovo

  • Education

    • Penn State University

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      Bachelor of Science (BS) Business Logistics

      Activities and Societies: President of the Business Logistics Club; Teaching Assistant - Business Logistics

  • Experience

    • Digital Equipment Corporation (USA)

      Feb 1987 - Feb 1995
      Buyer / Planner

      - Purchased ASICs, Logic, and Linear IC components for computer manufacturing- Managed associated component MRPs and inventories (USD >$100M)

    • IBM

      Mar 1995 - Apr 2005

      - Coordinated new notebook sourcing between Procurement and Engineering & Marketing- Managed long term component supply/capacity, cost, and cost reduction efforts- Collaborated with all business functions (Marketing, MFG, Software, Service, Finance, etc.) - 1998 – 2003: Managed six (6) LCD suppliers with annual spend USD $750M- 1995 – 1998: Managed twelve (12) Memory suppliers with annual spend USD $300M- Negotiated Special Contracts, Commodity Contracts, Terms, Conditions, and Pricing- Performed long term capacity planning to ensure strategic supply- Developed new commodity suppliers in US, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China

      • Procurement New Products Manager

        May 2003 - Apr 2005

      • Global Commodity Manager

        Mar 1995 - May 2003

    • 联想

      Apr 2005 - now

      - WW Procurement Senior Manager supporting Lenovo Global Services- Support professionally managed services, warranty services, and cloud services- Review and strengthen global sourcing strategies across key service towers - Conduct RFQs / RFPs for services in support of Lenovo's products & customers- Identify and qualify new service partners to support warranty & upsell services- Initiate, coordinate, and execute procurement services contracts - Responsible for component sourcing in support of new product introductions (notebooks, tablets)- Managed ODM & OEM RFQs/RFPs, component sourcing & supply, cost, and cost reduction- Collaborated with all business functions (Engineering, Marketing, MFG, Service, and Finance)- Launched >50 new ThinkPad notebooks and tablets with annual revenues USD >$5 Billion

      • Procurement Services Senior Manager

        Nov 2017 - now

      • Procurement New Products Senior Manager

        Apr 2005 - Oct 2017

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • - Certified Purchasing Manager (C.P.M.) in the National Association of Purchasing Management within the Institute for Supply Management (NAPM / ISM) in 1994, 1999

      NAPM / ISM
      Jul 1994

    • - Certified in Production and Inventory Management (C.P.I.M.) in the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) in 1988

      American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
      Sept 1988